RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] acpi/nfit: Issue Start ARS to retrieve existing records

[Kani, Toshimitsu]

> > --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> > @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static ssize_t scrub_store(struct device *dev,
> >         if (nd_desc) {
> >                 struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc = to_acpi_desc(nd_desc);
> >
> > -               rc = acpi_nfit_ars_rescan(acpi_desc);
> > +               rc = acpi_nfit_ars_rescan(acpi_desc, 0);
> >         }
> >         device_unlock(dev);
> >         if (rc)
> > @@ -2057,6 +2057,10 @@ static int ars_start(struct acpi_nfit_desc
> *acpi_desc, struct nfit_spa *nfit_spa
> >                 ars_start.type = ND_ARS_VOLATILE;
> >         else
> >                 return -ENOTTY;
> > +       if (nfit_spa->ars_prev_data) {
> > +               ars_start.flags |= ND_ARS_RETURN_PREV_DATA;
> > +               nfit_spa->ars_prev_data = 0;
> > +       }
> 
> I'd rather you plumb a new 'flags' parameter all the way through from
> acpi_nfit_ars_rescan() to ars_start() rather than carrying this as a
> property of nfit_spa.

Yes, I wanted to carry 'flags' all the way, but since acpi_nfit_ars_rescan()
calls acpi_nfit_scrub() via acpi_desc->work, all info needs to be marshalled
into struct acpi_nfit_desc.  Using nfit_spa allows a request to be carried as
per-spa basis...

Thanks,
-Toshi